Combined chair, stepladder, and ironing board



July2,1929. A, E 5 1,719,004

COMBINED CHAIR, STEPLADDER, AND IRONING BOARD Filed Oct. 25, 1927 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l ric )4. 50a.

COMBINED CHAIR, STEPLADDER, AND IRONING BOARD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 25', 1927 July'z, 1929.

Patented July 2, 1929.

STATES 1,719,004 PATENT OFFICE care A. nos, on DENVER, COLORADO, nssmnon or ONE-HALF TO 0. e. :snnesron, on DENVER, COLORADO.

COMBINED CHAIR, STEPIJADDER, AND IRONING BOARD.

Application filed October 25, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture and has reference more particularly to a combined. chair,- stepladder and ironing board.

lilxperience has shown that it is des1rable that a chair, a stepladder and an ironing board shall always be available for use in a kitchen as it frequently happens that articles are placed on high shelves that cannot be reached without the use of a stepladder. An ironing board is frequently needed and a chair is always essential. Nearly all homes are provided with stepladdcrs, ironing boards and kitchen chairs but each is, as a rule, a separate piece and therefore these three articles take up a large amount of s iace and therefore with the eX- ceptioiji of the chair, are usually stored in the basement or in seine storerooni. This makes it inconvenient to bring these artieles whenever they are needed and to remove them when they have been used.

It is the object of this invention to produce a combined cl air, stepladder and ironing board. that will normally take up no more space than an ordinary chair and can therefore replace the usual kitchen. chair. This chair is so constructedv that it can quickly be converted into a stepladder and its back is formed in part by an ironing board that is pivoted to the upper ends of spaced parallel bars so that it will normally lie between these bars and in the plane of the bars and can readily be rotated about its pivot into a horizontal position so as to form an ironing board. This construction normally serves a chair and. occupies about the same amount of space as an ordinary chair, but can be very quickly converted into a stepladder or an ironing board. This one article of furniture will therefore take the place of three separati-i pieces and it requires no more room than an ordinary chair it can be kept in the kitchen at all times, so as to be constantly available.

My invention can be most clearly described and will be most readily understood when reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which the preferred construction l as been illustrated and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved chair showing the parts in normal position the operative position of the ironing board being indicated by dot and dash lines;

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of a modified whose upper ends are secured to each other by means of rivets and. two metal plates 9, one plate being located on each side. ,Plates 9 have sides 10 and 11, the former extending along the underside of the seat portion 5 and the latter extending in anupward direction. A bar 12 is secured between. the sides 11 of the plates and extends u nvardly to some distance above the seat. Secured to the underside of the seat portion 5" near the ends are wooden strips 13 to the front end of which the downwardly inclined legs 1-4: are secured by means of plates 15. When the chair rests on a flat suriltace, the lower ends of legs 7, 8 and 14. come into contact with the floor surface. Legs 8 are connected by a board 1.6 that serves as a connecting means for the legs and also serves as the lower step of the stepladder. Similar steps 17 and 18 are secured in place between legs 14 and are attached to the latter by means of angle brackets 19. A plate 20 having a notch 21 is secured to the front edge of the seat section F and. a plate 22 having a central. opening 23 is secured to the upper surface of step 17.

The function. of these plates will be hereinafter described. Then the seat portion 5, which carries the legs 141:, is rotated about the hinge pins until the parts assiu'ne the position shown. in Fig. 3, the chair becomes a stepladdcr in which the parts 16, 5 17 and 18 are the steps. A board 24 extends transversely between the lower ends of bars 12 to which its ends are secured.

An ironing board 25 has secured to its opposite edges angle bracket 26. One arm of each bracket is fastened. to the board. by

' board is latched in normal or full line position by means of turn buttons 29, that are secured to the blocks 30,. which in turn are secured to the transverse board 24 (Fig. 6). Then board is in its normal position, it serves as a back for the chair which hasthe appearance shown in Fig. 1 and also serves as a toe stop when the parts are in' the position shown in Fig. 3.

WV'hen the ironing board is to be'used, it is rotated into the dotted line position shown in'Fig. 1 and is held in this position by the supporting member 31, which is pivotally attached to the board 25 at 32. Member 31 is held in a position parallel to the board by means of the spring clip 33. The supportingmember 31 is provided with two pins 34 j 211K135, which are so located that they will respectivelyengage with the slot 21 and the hole 23in the manner shown in Fig. 4.

' When the ironing board is moved to operative position, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,

the supporting member is positioned with I board.

pin 35, engaging the hole 23 in plate 22 and pin 34t-engaging the slot 21, as above explained. Pin 34 will hold member 31 from sidewise movement and help to steady the Special attention is directed to the means provided for preventing transverse movement of the board as this is considered to' be, of importance. In the drawing the support 31 has been shown quite narrow and it'may therefore bend transversely,'but its width may be increased to any extent that may be found necessary to obtain the desired rigidity.

. In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a construction that has been modified slightly in this respect that the legs 14 are pivoted at 36 to the plate 15 This makes it possible to bring the lower ends of the legs 14 closer to legs 8 than with the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Hooks 37 may be employed to hold the legs 14 in position when the chair is moved.

In the drawingIihave shown a drawer 38 that is slidably attached to the underside of the seat portion 5. This drawer may serve as a tool box or as a place for shoe blacking and for brushes. This is a great convenience as the chair is admirably adapted as a foot rest when in the position shown in Fig. 3.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have produced a device of simple substantial construction that in its normal position serves as a chair and which can readily be converted into a stepladder or an ironing board and therefore these three articles are always available for immediate use.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A device of the class described comprising, in combination, abase having two V- shaped supporting members arranged in spaced, parallel planes, the vertices of said members extending upwardly, a board (5) connecting the upper ends of the supports, a substantially straight bar connected with each supporting member and lfying in the plane of the member, one end. o the bar being connected with one of the inclined parts of the V-shaped support, another bar extending from the vertex of each support to the first bar whereb a triangle is formed, a board (5) hingetly connected with the other board (5), a leg (14) connected with each end of the last named board (5) and extending downwardly, two parallel steps (17 and 18) extending between the legs, the front edge of board (5") having a plate (20) provided with a notch (21), the upper side of the upper step (17) having a plate (22) provided with an opening (23), an ironing board pivoted between the upper ends of the bars (12) that are connected with the supports, and a supporting bar (31) pivoted at one end to the ironing board, the other end having a pin adapted to engage in the opening in the plate attached to the upper step (17) and a headed pin for engaging in the slotin the plate (21)) secured to. the frontedge of the hinged hoard In testimony whereof I atlix my signature. 

